A spy in their midst
Subtitle: the World War II struggle of a Japanese-American hero : the story of Richard Sakakida
By: as told to Wayne S. Kiyosaki.
Publisher: Madison Books
Published: 1995
Place of publication: Lanham, Md
Language: eng
Number of pages: 199
Subjects: Sakakida, Richard.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Participation, Japanese American.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Secret service -- United States.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Military intelligence -- Philippines.; Prisoners of war -- Japan -- Biography.; Prisoners of war -- United States -- Biography.; World War, 1939-1945 -- Prisoners and prisons, Japanese.
Genres: Biography.
Other titles: World War II struggle of a Japanese-American hero
Description: During World War II, while thousands of Japanese-Americans were being sent to U.S. detainment camps, a Japanese-American from Hawaii working as a U.S. Army spy in the Philippines was captured by the enemy. Richard Sakakida was the only Japanese-American prisoner of the Japanese forces, and he faced death as a "traitor" because of his Japanese face.

Despite unspeakable torture, Sakakida stubbornly refused to confess that he was an American spy; ironically, his Japanese cultural heritage is what enabled him to survive the beatings inflicted on him by his Japanese captors. Sakakida narrowly escaped a death sentence and was assigned to the office of a Japanese official, where he gained valuable military information for MacArthur and engineered a daring prison break that freed a Filipino guerrilla leader and hundreds of his followers.

Fifty years later, Sakakida finally tells his tale of survival and perseverance against incredible odds.
Notes: Includes bibliographical references (p. 195-196) and index.